“As you breathe in, cherish yourself … As you breathe out, cherish all Beings.”
-The Dalai Lama
1. Breathe in deeply, feel this breath’s texture, be touched by its presence, know this first breath intimately, this in breath is your gift from the world. Now … pause at the top of the breath for a moment, watch carefully and notice the formlessness and emptiness awaiting you here, rest in it for a second … Now gently breathe out and feel the freshness, feel the preciousness, feel the aliveness, yes ... feel the love. This out breath is your gift back to the world.
2. Breathe in deeply, gently, slowly … feel the unique quality of this Second Breath … taste it … sense it … feel it . Once again, pause at the top of the breath and allow yourself to be liberated in this Eternal Vastness … this is your true nature … look, listen, allow. Now, breathe gently, slowly outward … enjoy this flow of beingness, watch carefully right to the bottom of the out breath.
3. Now breathe in and open up more fully to the qualities of this next breath … watch and feel just what this Third Breath has to offer as a unique moment in time … Coming to the top of the breath, allow yourself to pause and relax … right here you are in timelessness, here you can experience your eternal nature directly … sit here and appreciate this peace. When ready let go of the breath and roll back out in this out breath … feel it completely … follow it down till you reach the end of this Third Breath.
4. Now for breath number Four … quietly, softly breathe in … all the way to the top … notice how it feels in this moment, stay with it right to the top of this Fourth Breath. At the top, pause, look and wait … be here … pure, clear and ever so sweet … enjoy it. Now, gently release and watch as you journey down to the bottom … feel every step … when you come to the end of this breath .. pause and watch as the next breath arrives …
5. Breathing in, acknowledge the miracle that is the breath … Appreciate the gift of this next breath … Riding it gently to the top, pause in this Fifth level of beingness, watch and release … flow back out in gratitude for being alive in this form … feel this breath completely right until its exit at the bottom.
6. As you breathe in this next breath, watch carefully as it starts to clarify what you truly are … allow for the clarification to take place all the way up to the top of this Sixth Breath. Now pause and wait … in this pristine emptiness your true nature shines forth … bathe in it … let it soak you up into oblivion … Now, roll back down with this out breath, all the way consciously emptying all that you think yourself to be. In clarifying you are purifying … it’s this simple.
7. Here is breath number Seven … breathe it in with all your heart … gently, slowly, deliberately … watch closely how this unique seventh breath awakens you more deeply … allow it to enlighten you with its clarity … coming to the top, pause and enjoy. Now let this seventh holy breath flow out with ease and grace … bringing you out into the world with a deeper appreciation for who you are and why you are here … by simply appreciating this gift of eternal presence in every breath, through every breath.
8. As you journey up with this Eighth Breath, see it as an opening, a portal into Heaven … breathe yourself right up to the top … Meeting the emptiness here, you a blessed in knowing This is always here, This never leaves you … this placeless place is your true home. Now gently follow the out breath right back down to the bottom. Feel the weightlessness of your true nature as you naturally reach the end of this blessed breath.
9. Ahhh … the start of the total dissolution has arrived. This Ninth Breath is very close to the last step where you will be greeted by Pure Being … Flow gently to be met with your completeness at the top of this breath … Pause … Look … Listen … Allow … Now gently flow back down on this breath number nine … right to the bottom.
10. Here it is, the exquisite Tenth Breath … feel it all the way to the top … pause and let go completely in this sacred place – This Blessed Isle … You are here … pure, clear, ever so present … this is it … No more me or you, only This … Now breathe out gently on this exquisite Tenth Breath … enjoy the ride right down to the bottom. The gift of the Tenth Breath is the revelation that you have always been Here, and will always be Here.
Leo Drioli 2016
